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LaunchDarkly API Authentication

How to authenticate LaunchDarkly API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your API key securely — set it once, never resend it.

Every LaunchDarkly API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your LaunchDarkly account. This page covers both, plus exactly how to send them, so you do not need to visit any other page to get authenticated.

Steps to authenticate

  1. Create a MindCloud account at app.mindcloud.co if you do not already have one.
  2. Generate a MindCloud API Key in API Keys. This is the Bearer token you send on every request. Keep it on your server.
  3. Create a LaunchDarkly connection in Connections. LaunchDarkly uses an API key. You generate the key in your LaunchDarkly account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
  4. Copy the connection’s connectionId — you will send it on every request alongside your MindCloud API Key.

How requests are authenticated

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected LaunchDarkly account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the LaunchDarkly credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions.

For example, calling List Projects with an LaunchDarkly connection looks like this:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/launchDarkly/actions/list-projects/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which LaunchDarkly account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect LaunchDarkly

You need a LaunchDarkly API access token. A service token is recommended for long-lived integrations.

  1. Open LaunchDarkly Authorization settings

    In LaunchDarkly, open Organization settings and then Authorization.

    Organization settings → Authorization
  2. Create an API access token

    In the Access tokens section, click Create token, give it a name, choose a role, and save it. LaunchDarkly says new token values are visible only once, so copy the token immediately.

  3. Choose the right token scope

    LaunchDarkly recommends least privilege. For this sandbox build, an Admin token works; for narrower access later, choose a role that still covers the actions you want MindCloud to run.

  4. Paste the token into MindCloud

    Return to MindCloud and paste the token into the API Key field for this LaunchDarkly connection.

Keep your key safe

Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs. Anyone with the key can call the Universal API as your MindCloud account, across every connection you have created.